NEEDHAM MARKET FINE ARTS & INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION
Needham Market Fine Arts and Industrial Exhibition, held an exhibition in the Lecture Hall of the Town Hall, Needham Market, Suffolk 3 July 1867 which continued until 13 July 1867. This seems to have been their only exhibition. Artists who exhibited at Needham Market Fine Arts include Frederick Barnes, Alfred Samuel Fisk, John Harper, Emma Jeckell, Robert Longe, Thomas Maw, William Dillwyn Sims, Walter Azemberg Smith, Francis Steward, Sarah Steward, William Robert Symonds and John Kinsman Tucker.
The patrons were
Sir George Nathaniel Broke-Middleton, Bart. (1812-1887) Shrubland Hall, Coddenham, Suffolk
Major William Windsor Parker, M.P. (1802-1892) Clopton Hall, Rattlesden, Suffolk
Robert John Pettiward (died 1908) Finborough Hall, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Thomas Worledge Wing (1825-1876) Westhorpe, Suffolk
Revd Francis Steward
Revd Henry Thomas Curry (1810-1891) Mickfield Rectory, Suffolk
Cdr. John Garnham, R.N. (1789-1872) Buxhall Vale, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Samuel Alexander Maw (1807-1884) Needham Market, Suffolk
Frederick Hayward (1792-1879) Needham Market, Suffolk
Thomas Bateman Beck (1806-1884) Creeting St Mary, Suffolk
Revd C. E. Searle ?
Frederick Alexander (1814-1883) The Bank, Church Street, Woodbridge
Manning Prentice (1824-1875) Violet Hill, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Herbert Alfred William Oakes (1839-1919)
William Dillwyn Sims
Further information needed on exhibitors: -
Mrs Carter of Ipswich, won a bronze medal for three watercolours
Mr J. Banks of Ipswich, won a bronze medal for three oil paintings
Mr W. Turner of Wetherden, won a bronze medal for five oil paintings